• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Bush says will visit Russia after April NATO summit

WASHINGTON
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:47pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he will visit Russia after the April 2-4 NATO summit and was hopeful of reaching agreement with President Vladimir Putin on "some very important matters."

Barack Obama

Bush told reporters at the White House that the outgoing Russian president had invited him to visit Russia following the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Romania and that final details were still being worked out.

"It's important that we have good relations with Russia," Bush said.

"We're optimistic we can reach an accord on some very important matters," he added.

The meeting, which follows a trip to Russia by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, will give Bush an opportunity to meet with Dmitry Medvedev, the incoming president who is due to be sworn in on May 7 to replace Putin.

Putin is expected to become prime minister in the new government.

(Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
Barack Obama


More from Reuters

A Greenpeace activist dressed as one of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" rides outside the parliament building during a brief protest in Copenhagen December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

The face of climate protest

Protesters around the globe called for an end to global warming as climate talks in Copenhagen entered their sixth day.  Video 

    Climate conference
    In this photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard leans on a fencepost as a Guantanamo detainee (L) jogs inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention center, at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool

    Life after Guantanamo

    Critics are worried that Gitmo prisoners once dubbed "enemy combatants" will be using prisons as pulpits for anti-American rhetoric once they're moved to U.S. soil.  Full Article 

    U.S.
    Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Robert Stevens answers a question during the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington December 14, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley

    Lockheed eyes deals

    The future demands of cybersecurity make that sector one of many the aerospace giant sees as an acquisition target in the coming year.  Full Article 

    Aerospace and Defense Summit